For the first time in Japan’s rail history, a Shinkansen train converted exclusively for cargo transport will begin regular ...

Newer stations on Shinkansen lines across Japan are speeding to the head of the line in popularity among passengers for a variety of reasons, according to a recent survey. Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa ...

Much like an airliner's de-icing protocols, the water jets hosing down bullet trains are intended to promote safety in snowy ...

Witness Japan’s Tokaido Shinkansen as it flies past Odawara Station at 177 MPH (285 km/h). This video captures the sheer ...

Japan is in a bit of a dormant season right now as far as travel is concerned. With the New Year’s vacation season over and the weather at its coldest, most people aren’t looking to do any extensive ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

The Shinkansen, or “bullet train,” is a Japanese icon. The first route was the Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka, completed ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and named after the highway that ...

Development of the next-generation Shinkansen is proceeding in earnest. East Japan Railway Company has begun developing trial railway cars that will travel at 360 kilometers per hour, the fastest in ...

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" train belonging to Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday after completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen line ...